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Veteran actor Brian Cox portrays , the brutish and cynical manager of the San Bruno Primate Shelter, a facility that is far from a sanctuary. Landon runs the shelter as a for-profit business, housing apes from failed medical experiments and the entertainment industry. He views the apes not as living creatures but as assets to be housed and controlled. Cox imbues Landon with a weary, pragmatic cruelty, making him the embodiment of a heartless system and a clear antagonist who represents humanity's worst treatment of the apes. He is a major obstacle that helps push Caesar toward his revolutionary path.

As the undisputed king of performance capture, Serkis (known for Gollum in Lord of the Rings ) delivered a heartfelt performance as Caesar, a chimpanzee born with human-like intelligence due to a neurological drug. Serkis brought Caesar from infancy to a tactical leader, making the audience connect with an ape as the protagonist.

: Lithgow delivers a heartbreaking performance as Will’s father, a former music teacher suffering from advanced Alzheimer's. His character's temporary recovery and subsequent decline drive Will's desperate scientific experiments and shape Caesar's protective nature. The Antagonists: Oyelowo, Cox, and Felton rise planet of the apes cast

As Caesar, Serkis delivered a silent performance for the first half of the film, communicating rage, intelligence, and heartbreaking loneliness through nothing but his eyes and posture. From painting a window with the star logo to his first roar of "No!", Serkis grounded the sci-fi premise in raw emotional truth. He is the soul of the film.

as Hunsiker : Will's irritable neighbor whose conflict with Charles leads to Caesar's relocation to the shelter. Veteran actor Brian Cox portrays , the brutish

: Plays Maurice , a wise Bornean orangutan and Caesar's close ally.

: Caesar, a chimpanzee with human-like intelligence caused by an experimental viral drug. Cox imbues Landon with a weary, pragmatic cruelty,

By treating the digital characters with the exact same dramatic weight as the live-action Hollywood stars, this cast didn't just rebuild a franchise—they permanently altered how modern sci-fi cinema tells stories.

Supporting / notable ape performers (motion-capture)

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